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Chapter Contents. The metaphysical basis of science. The object of scientific inquiry. The epistemic possibility of objects. The nature of a scientific object. The objectives of science. Explanations in general. Scientific explanation. Methodology and progress.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science. This book guides readers by gradual steps through the central concepts and debates in the philosophy of science. Using concrete examples from the history of science, Kent W. Staley shows how seemingly abstract philosophical issues are relevant to important aspects of scientific practice.
Kent W. Staley is Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. He is the author of 'The Evidence for the Top Quark: Objectivity and Bias in Collaborative Experimentation' (Cambridge, 2004). Discover An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, 2nd Edition, Kent W. Staley, HB ISBN: 9781009098250 on Higher Education from Cambridge.
13 Ιουλ 2017 · It teaches its readers how to effectively demarcate between science and pseudo-science and sets criteria for true scientific thinking. Divided into three parts, the book first examines...
First of all, the place of the philosophy of science in a wide context of philo-sophical and other “science of sciences” (Stegmüller, 1973) will be identified and described below, and some epistemological questions and distinctions relevant to the philosophy of science will be introduced (Sect. 3.1.1).
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy of science and the connections between philosophy and the natural and social sciences. Stathis Psillos is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Athens, Greece.
How do we obtain scientific evidence? How can we reduce uncertainty? What are the limits of science? These are only a few of the issues discussed in philosophy of the natural sciences, which are to be discussed in this chapter. Traditional philosophy of science.
